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Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG' [192r] (392/968)
The record is made up of 1 volume (480 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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at the same time so that they could discuss its terms
though specific approval would not he needed. sir arattan
Bushe said that it was not normally the practice to lay
draft Royal Instructions before parliament* hut the
Colonial Office representatives agreed to consider whether*
in the special circumstances of the present case* the
draft Instructions should he laid.
The meeting then proceeded to examine the
clauses of the draft Order«
Doubt was expressed whether the third recital
and Clause 86 were required. Since it was now settled
that the remainder of the Act other than part II as
piwi&ed for in Section 320 of the Government of India Act*
1935, will come into force on the same date as the Aden
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, the repeal of the Government of India
(Aden) Act, 1929* as provided for in Section 321 of the
Government of India Act, 1935* will take effect from the
same date as the establishment of the new Colony of Aden,
The possibility* therefore, of the Government of India
( 'den) Act, 1929, being repealed either too early or too
late no longer arose. It was decided, therefore, that,
subject to the concurrence of parliamentary Counsel, the
third recital and Clause 26 could be omitted. It was
arranged that the Colonial Office would consult Pariiantentazy
Counsel on this point®
Clause 2, In connection with the definition of
'’the Province”, some discussion took place in regard to
the status of the Kuria Murla Islands® It was agreed
that this matter should be xjursued further in correspondence
between the Colonial Office and the India Office®
Dalton stated that the matter was at the moment under
reference
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The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Aden (1937)'.
The volume is predominantly made up of correspondence between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department, the Colonial Office, the Aden Chief Commissioner (later Governor) Bernard Reilly, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Legal Advisor's Department, and the Secretary of State for India. The volume also contains numerous heavily-annotated drafts of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and the Royal Instructions, plus minutes of meetings held at the Colonial Office, and extracts from the Home Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Final drafts can be found at folios 13-20, in addition to copies of Reilly's inauguration speech (folios 25-28).
The correspondence covers a range of topics, including: Indian and Arab sentiment over the transfer; problems of condominion; the importance of Aden to Britain's imperial aims; representations from the Indian and Aden business communities; the maintenance of representation for Aden subjects at the Bombay High Court; Aden's free port status; questions of income tax and salt duty; the wording of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and Royal Instructions; and a proposal to list the Kuria Muria Islands as a named dependency of Aden, comparable to Shaikh Othman, Imad and Hiswa, and Perim.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (480 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 480; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The fold-outs on f 147, f 158 and f 159 are A and B items which are attached to the folios in order to add additional information about the document.
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- Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 70r:77v, 80r:146v, 147ar:147av, 147r:159r, 159av, 159r, 159av, 160r:355v, 357r:366v, 375r:376v, 385r:413v, 415r:423v, 426r:440v, 453r:459v, 462r:479v, back-i
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